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dunk shot

noun

Basketball.

a shot in which a player near the basket jumps with the ball and thrusts it through the basket with one hand or both hands held above the rim.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of dunk shot¹

First recorded in 1965–70

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When he hit 100 on a dunk shot with 46 seconds left, the fans streamed out onto the court to mob him.

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But these looked more like pledges to the fraternity in the championship, as the Wolfpack controlled the tempo from Thurl Bailey’s first basket - ironically, on a dunk shot.

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Sanders faked Art, wheeled around him, and soared up high for a dunk shot.

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Microsoft’s implied system sales have been solid, but the console needs a holiday dunk shot beyond recycled Halo — and it definitely has one in Insomniac Games’ magnificent Sunset Overdrive.

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Dunkirk Dun Laoghaire

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